Thomas wicks



(No Model.)

T. WIOKS.

ADJUSTABLE BEDGLOTHES HOLDER.

No. 433,312. Patented July 29, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS WICKS, OF TORONTO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO RI'IODA O. VVICKS, OF

SAME PLACE.

ADJUSTABLE BED-CLOTHES HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,312, dated July 29, 1890. Application filed February 13, 1889. Renewed January 8, 1890. Serial No. 336,254. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS W'ICKS, jeweler, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have in- 5 vented a certain new and useful Adjustable Bed-Clothes Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to design a simple device for holding the bedclothes in position, more particularly for the purpose of preventing a child occupying t-hebed from kicking off the clothes or falling out; and it consists, essentially, of a head horizontally adjustable upon a bracket held on the side of the bed in such a manner that it may be vertically adjusted, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a view of my adjustable bedclothes holder applied in position to hold the clothes. Fig. 2 is aview showing the way the said holder may be held when not required for use. Fig. 3 is an enlarged perspective detail of the bracket and its adjustable head. 25 Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective detail of the holder for adjustably securing the bracket in position.

A represents what I term a head, fitted onto the horizontal portion of the bracket 13 and adjustably held thereon. The mechan ical means which'I employ for adjustably connecting the said head to the bracket consists of a pinch-screw C, screwed into the bracket B, and passing through a slot D, made in the portion of the head A, which fits onto the horizontal portion of the bracket B, as indicated. By loosening the screw the head A may be horizontally adjusted, so as to extend farther into the bed or nearer to its edge, as may be desired, for the purpose of getting a proper grip on the clothes, as indicated in Fig. 1. The holder consists of a plate E, screwed onto or otherwise secured to the side board F of the bedstead. This plate has sides a, between which the vertical portion of the bracket B fits.

G is a cap hinged or pivoted to the plate E and designed to fit over it, as indicated. A lip 12 is formed inside the cap G, and is designed to pass through a slot 1) in one edge of the plate E and fit into one of the notches (Z, made in the vertical side of the bracket when the cap G is closed. A slot H is made in the vertical portion of the bracket B, and

a pinch-screw I passes through the said slot and screws in to the plate E, so that its head prevents the bracket falling out of the plate E, except when it is adjusted so as to bring the head of the screw I opposite to the round hole made at the bottom of the slot, as indi- 6o cated.

Fig. 1 illustrates the application of my bedclothes holder, from which it maybe seen that the clothes may be securely held, so that a child occupying the bed will be prevented from falling out.

\Vhen the holder is not required for use,it maybe reversed, as indicated in Fig. 2, in order that the head A may project below the side board F.

I do no not wish to confine myself to the exact shape of the parts indicated, or to the exact mechanical means for adjustably c011- neeting the head A to the bracket or the bracket B to its holder.

What I claim as my invention is 1. The bracket B and a head A, horizontally adjustably connected to the bracket B, in combination with a holder fastened to the side board F and arranged to hold the bracket B, so that it maybe vertically adjusted thereon, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the holder formed of two parts hinged together, of the bracket B, held by said holder and formed with a horizontal portion, and the head A, adjustable on said horizontal portion, substantially as described.

Toronto, January 21, 1889.

THOS. VI'OKS.

In presence of- CHARLES C. BALDWIN, W. G. MCMILLAN. 

